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J. A. EMERY.

GATE. No. 268,649. Patented Dec. 5. 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN A. EMERY, or DECATUR, OHIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,649, dated December 5, 1882;

' Application filed June 17, 1 882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. EMERY, of Decatur, in the county of Brown and State ofOhio, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of

a 5 which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to intercept the snow and prevent its settling in the space between the sills in which the. gate folds; also,

to form a folding bridge over said space; also, to prevent the bridge from falling back when the gate is raised; also, to combine with the gate certain mechanism that will allow it to be operated. as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. in which Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a detail view, showing the connection of the handle-eye with the chain.

The. posts a and b are pivoted at theirlower ends, 0, so as to swing down side by side, or in the plane of the gate, between twosills, d, to open the gate, and said posts are constructed with successive steps or offsets e on the sides,

to which the bars or rodsf, wires g, or other horizontal partsare attached, and the said stepped or oli'set sides of the respective posts are placed reversely to each other, so that the rods and wires will fold down side by side, whereas, it the posts were straight on the sides to which the wires, rods, or bars are attached, the said bars or wires would fold one above another and prevent the gate from closing as compactly as it is desirable thatit should. In

practice the posts will probably be best in malleable iron, and barbed wires, with one or more rods,f, for maintaining the proper tension of the wires, will probably be the best; but I do not limit myself to any particular material for i these parts.

In order that the space'between the sills, into which the gate folds when open, may not fill up with snow in a storm, Ipropose to sus pend a snow-table, h, from the post I) by hinge 5 'i, and from the post a by a chain,j, in such manner thatwhen the gate is closed the table will rise to the level of the sills, or there-about, and hold the snow falling on it, where it can be readily scraped off before opening the gate,

said snow-table being as wide as the space between the sills, or as nearly thereto as will allow of its working properly between the sills. It will be seen that this table will swing down when thegate opens out of the way.

To tnevent the wheels of vehicles from dropping between the sills, [providea bridge-plank, k, to swing down over the gate when i t opens, said bridge being hinged to one of the sills and arranged to swing down and rest on the other when the gate folds down. Said bridge is made to lean against the gate when open, so

that it will fall as the gate opens, and will be opened by the gate when it rises. A ledge, l, of one ot'the fence-posts, or other suitable device, will prevent the bridge from falling back 6 on the ground. For opening the gateit is connected by a rod, m, attached to post Z), above its pivot c, with an elbow-lever, a, pivoted to the sills at 0, and counterbalanced by a weight, p, attached to an arm, q, and a forked arm, 8, is attached to the elbow-lever for working it by swinging the arm forward and backward in the plane of the gate. For opening the gate by one approaching it in acarriage or on horse-, back without dismounting, this arm 8 is con- .75 nected, by rods and chains or cords tand u and suitable guide-pulleys,a, with the horizontal lever w,mounted on the postw, and said cords t and a are crossed, as shown, so that by pushing thehandle of lever to toward the gate it will swingdown and open in advance of one approaching it, and by a reverse motion of a similar lever on the other side by one passing from the gate the gate will swing up and close again.

Small gates for foot-passengers only will not require the levers 'w, the weighted lever only and handle .9, or equivalent device, being required. When the gate is raised up and closed it may be supported between posts y.

I do not limit myself to the forked arrangement of the lever s n, as a simple upright arm or rod attached to lever n in any suitable manner may be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, I 5 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, witha downfolding gate and sills d d, separated by an open space, of a snow-table, h, suspended over the space between the sills, to intercept the falling snow and allow it to be cleaned off before the gate is folded down, as described.

2. The combination, with a downfolding gate and sills d, separated by an open space, of a bridge, 70, hinged to one of the sills and folding over the other, whereby the gate, in rising, must lift the bridge and hold its front on an incline, and in closing down allow it to settle down by its own gravity, as described.

3. The combination of the sills d, the bridge 70, hinged to one of said sills and folding over the other, and the post 3 having ledge I, all

with said arm, substantially as shown and described. JOHN A. EMERY. Witnesses:

G. E. KIRKER,

W. G. KIRKER. 

